Curriculum sintetico. Maggio 2016

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1 Curriculum sintetico Prof. Paolo Gonthier UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI TORINO Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Forestali e Alimentari (DISAFA) UFL Patologia Vegetale Largo Paolo Braccini 2 I Grugliasco (TO), Italy Tel Fax paolo.gonthier@unito.it Maggio 2016 Paolo Gonthier è laureato in Scienze Forestali ed Ambientali e Dottore di Ricerca in Biologia e Biotecnologia dei Funghi. Egli è attualmente Professore Associato di Patologia vegetale (AGR/12) presso il Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Forestali e Alimentari dell Università degli Studi di Torino. E stato Ricercatore Universitario presso l Università di Torino e Visiting Professor presso la University of California - Berkeley (USA) e la Mendel University Brno (Repubblica Ceca). E titolare degli insegnamenti di Patologia vegetale presso il Corso di Laurea in Scienze Forestali e Ambientali dell Università di Torino e degli insegnamenti di Difesa delle piante ornamentali presso il Corso di Laurea Interateneo in Progettazione delle Aree Verdi e del Paesaggio, facente capo all Università di Genova. E componente del Collegio dei Docenti del Dottorato di Ricerca in Scienze Biologiche e Biotecnologie Applicate dell Università di Torino. La sua produzione scientifica è documentata da oltre 230 lavori a stampa, di cui oltre 50 su riviste ISI, per un impact factor cumulativo di oltre 130, un impact factor massimo di 11,00 e un H-index di 18, e 5 libri, tra cui una monografia internazionale di riferimento nel campo delle malattie delle piante forestali. E Senior Editor del Journal of Plant Pathology, Associate Editor del European Journal of Plant Pathology, componente degli Editorial Boards delle riviste Forestry e Journal of Ecosystems. Egli è inoltre componente dei comitati scientifici delle riviste tecniche nazionali Acer e Arbor. Ha svolto l attività di referee per oltre 20 riviste ISI afferenti ai settori di patologia vegetale, micologia, microbiologia, ecologia, biologia molecolare e delle scienze forestali e ambientali. E componente dei comitati scientifici di numerosi congressi internazionali, tra cui l International Congress of Plant Pathology (ICPP) del 2008 (Turin, Italy), l ICPP del 2013 (Beijing, China), la European Conference of Arboriculture del 2014 (Turin, Italy) e la Conference of the European Foundation for Plant Pathology (EFPP) del 2014 (Cracow, Poland). E stato moderatore di sessione a numerosi congressi nazionali e internazionali, tra cui la IUFRO Root and Butt Rot Conference del 2007 e 2015 (Berkeley, USA; Antalya, Turkey), il Convegno della Società Italiana di Patologia Vegetale del 2012 (Sassari, Italy), l ICPP del 2013 (Beijing, China), la European Conference of Arboriculture del 2014 (Turin, Italy) e la Conference of the European Foundation for Plant Pathology (EFPP) del 2014 (Cracow, Poland). Ha tenuto presentazioni ad invito a numerosi congressi nazionali e internazionali, tra cui l International Mycological Congress (IMC) del 2006 (Cairns, Australia) e l ICPP del 2013 (Beijing, China). Gestisce o ha gestito, in qualità di responsabile scientifico, progetti di ricerca nazionali ed internazionali su temi inerenti le malattie delle piante arboree, l epidemiologia, la biologia e la genetica di funghi fitopatogeni e la difesa biologica e integrata dalle fitopatie di interesse forestale. E stato coordinatore scientifico nazionale di un progetto di ricerca di interesse nazionale (PRIN 2008) ed è coordinatore scientifico nazionale di un progetto futuro in ricerca (FIRB 2012). E Presidente della Società Italiana di Arboricoltura (SIA), Socio Corrispondente dell Accademia di Agricoltura di Torino, Socio Corrispondente dell Accademia Italiana di Scienze Forestali e componente del Expert Working Group (EWG) per Pest Risk Analysis della European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organisation (EPPO).

2 Short curriculum Prof. Paolo Gonthier UNIVERSITY OF TORINO Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences Via L. da Vinci 44 I Grugliasco (TO), Italy Tel Fax May 2016 Paolo Gonthier obtained a MSc Degree in Forest and Environmental Sciences and a PhD in Biology and Biotechnology of Fungi. He is currently Associate Professor at the Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences of the University of Turin. He has been Visiting Professor at the University of California at Berkeley (USA) and at the Mendel University in Brno (Czech Republic). He teaches Plant pathology at the BSc Degree Course in Forest and Environmental Sciences of the University of Turin and Protection of ornamental plants at the MSc Degree Course in Planning of Green Areas and Landscape of the University of Genoa. He is currently professor of the PhD Course in Biological Sciences and Applied Biotechnologies of the University of Turin. The scientific activity is documented by over 230 papers, of which over 50 in ISI journals, for a maximum impact factor of 11,00, a cumulative impact factor over 130 and H-index 18. He is author of an international reference book in the field of forest pathology. He is Senior Editor of the Journal of Plant Pathology, Associate Editor of the European Journal of Plant Pathology, Editor of the Journal of Ecosystems, member of the Editorial Board of Forestry, and member of the scientific committees of the national journals Acer and Arbor. He served as referee for 29 ISI journals in the field of plant pathology, mycology, microbiology, ecology, molecular biology, and forest and environmental sciences. He is member of scientific committees of several international congresses, including the International Congress of Plant Pathology (ICPP) of 2008 (Turin, Italy), the ICPP of 2013 (Beijing, China), and the Conference of the European Foundation for Plant Pathology (EFPP) of 2014 (Cracow, Poland). He has been chairperson of sessions of several national and international congresses, including the IUFRO Root and Butt Rot Conference of 2007 (Berkeley, USA), the Congress of the Società Italiana di Patologia Vegetale of 2012 (Sassari, Italy), the ICPP of 2013 (Beijing, China) and the Conference of the European Foundation for Plant Pathology (EFPP) del 2014 (Cracow, Poland). He was invited speaker at several national and international congresses, including the International Mycological Congress (IMC) of 2006 (Cairns, Australia) and the ICPP of 2013 (Beijing, China). He is or has been principal investigator (PI) of national and international research projects focused on diseases of forest trees, the biology, epidemiology and genetics of fungal plant pathogens. He was PI of one project of national interest (PRIN 2008) and he is currently PI of a FIRB project. He is President of the Italian Society of Arboriculture (SIA), member of the Turin Academy of Agriculture, member of the Italian Academy of Forest Sciences and member of the Expert Working Group (EWG) for Pest Risk Analysis of the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organisation (EPPO).

3 Pubblicazioni più significative / Selected publications: LIONE G., GONTHIER P., A permutation-randomization approach to test the spatial distribution of plant diseases. Phytopathology 106, GONTHIER P., SILLO F., LAGOSTINA E., ROCCOTELLI A., CACCIOLA O.S., STENLID J., GARBELOTTO M., Selection processes in Simple Sequence Repeats are correlated with their genomic location: insights from a fungal model system. BMC Genomics 16, SILLO F., GARBELOTTO M., FRIEDMAN M., GONTHIER P., Comparative genomics of sibling fungal pathogenic taxa identifies adaptive evolution without divergence in pathogenicity genes or genomic structure. Genome Biology and Evolution 7, GIORDANO L., SILLO F., GUGLIELMO F., GONTHIER P., Comparing visual inspection of trees and molecular analysis of internal wood tissues for the diagnosis of wood decay fungi. Forestry 88, SILLO F., ZAMPIERI E., GIORDANO L., LIONE G., COLPAERT J.V., BALESTRINI R., GONTHIER P., Identification of genes differentially expressed during the interaction between the plant symbiont Suillus luteus and two plant pathogenic allopatric Heterobasidion species. Mycological Progress 14: 106. GONTHIER P., GUGLIELMO F., SILLO F., GIORDANO L., GARBELOTTO M., A molecular diagnostic assay for the detection and identification of wood decay fungi of conifers. Forest Pathology 45, LIONE G., GIORDANO L., SILLO F., GONTHIER. P., Testing and modelling the effects of climate on the incidence of the emergent nut rot agent of chestnut Gnomoniopsis castanea. Plant Pathology 64, GONTHIER P. et al., An integrated approach to control the introduced forest pathogen Heterobasidion irregulare in Europe. Forestry 87, GIORDANO L., GONTHIER P., LIONE G., CAPRETTI P., GARBELOTTO M., The saprobic and fruiting abilities of the exotic forest pathogen Heterobasidion irregulare may explain its invasiveness. Biological Invasions 16(4), GARBELOTTO M., GUGLIELMO F., MASCHERETTI S., CROUCHER P.J.P., GONTHIER P., Population genetic analyses provide insights on the introduction pathway and spread patterns of the North American forest pathogen Heterobasidion irregulare in Italy. Molecular Ecology 22, Gonthier P., Nicolotti G., Infectious Forest Diseases. CAB International, Wallingford, UK, pp ISBN: Garbelotto M., Gonthier P., Biology, epidemiology, and control of Heterobasidion species worldwide. Annual Review of Phytopathology 51, Giordano L., Garbelotto M., Nicolotti G., Gonthier P., Characterization of fungal communities associated with the bark beetle Ips typographus varies depending on detection method, location, and beetle population levels. Mycological Progress 12, Gonthier P., Lione G., Giordano L., Garbelotto M., The American forest pathogen Heterobasidion irregulare colonizes unexpected habitats after its introduction in Italy. Ecological Applications 22,

4 Guglielmo F., Michelotti S., Nicolotti G., Gonthier P., Population structure analysis provides insights into the infection biology and invasion strategies of Kretzschmaria deusta in trees. Fungal Ecology 5, Olson Å. et al., Trade-off between wood decay and parasitism: Insights from the genome of a fungal forest pathogen. New Phytologist 194, Gonthier P., Brun F., Lione G., Nicolotti G., Modelling the incidence of Heterobasidion annosum butt rots and related economic losses in alpine mixed naturally-regenerated forests of northern Italy. Forest Pathology 42, Gonthier P., Garbelotto M., Amplified fragment length polymorphism and sequence analyses reveal massive gene introgression from the European fungal pathogen Heterobasidion annosum into its introduced congener H. irregulare. Molecular Ecology 20, Garbelotto M., Linzer R., Nicolotti G., Gonthier P., Comparing the influences of ecological and evolutionary factors on the successful invasion of a fungal forest pathogen. Biological Invasions 12, Gonthier P., Giordano L., Nicolotti G., Further observations on sudden diebacks of Scots pine in the European Alps. The Forestry Chronicle 86, Giordano L., Gonthier P., Varese G.C., Miserere L., Nicolotti G., Mycobiota inhabiting sapwood of healthy and declining Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) trees in the Alps. Fungal Diversity 38, Linzer R.E., Otrosina W., Gonthier P., Bruhn J., Laflamme G., Bussières G., Garbelotto M Inferences on the phylogeography of the fungal pathogen Heterobasidion annosum, including evidence of interspecific horizontal genetic transfer and of human-mediated, long-range dispersal. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 46, Guglielmo F., Bergemann S., Gonthier P., Nicolotti G., Garbelotto M., A multiplex PCRbased method for the detection and early identification of wood rotting fungi in standing trees. Journal of Applied Microbiology 103, Garbelotto M., Gonthier P., Nicolotti G., Ecological constraints limit fitness of fungal hybrids in the species complex Heterobasidion annosum. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 79, Gonthier P., Nicolotti G., Linzer R., Guglielmo F., Garbelotto M Invasion of European pine stands by a North American forest pathogen and its hybridization with a native interfertile taxon. Molecular Ecology 16, Nicolotti G., Gonthier P., Stump treatment against Heterobasidion with Phlebiopsis gigantea and some chemicals in Picea abies stands in the western Alps. Forest Pathology 35, Gonthier P., Garbelotto M.M., Nicolotti G., Seasonal patterns of spore deposition of Heterobasidion species in four forests of the western Alps. Phytopathology 95, Gonthier P., Warner R., Nicolotti G., Mazzaglia A., Garbelotto M.M., Pathogen introduction as a collateral effect of military activity. Mycological Research 108, Garbelotto M., Gonthier P., Linzer R., Nicolotti G., Otrosina W., A shift in nuclear state as the result of natural interspecific hybridization between two north American taxa of the basidiomycete complex Heterobasidion. Fungal Genetics and Biology 41,

5 Gonthier P., Garbelotto M., Nicolotti G., Swiss stone pine trees and spruce stumps represent an important habitat for Heterobasidion spp. in subalpine forests. Forest Pathology 33, Gonthier P., Garbelotto M., Varese G.C., Nicolotti G., Relative abundance and potential dispersal range of intersterility groups of Heterobasidion annosum in pure and mixed forests. Canadian Journal of Botany 79,